The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-21

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ness active at Berlin and Frankfort.
| FIVE young men hired small boat at
Baltimore, Nd, on the 18th They sailed
their boat across the bay, in the middle OF
which the boat upset, resulting in the
drowning of two of the party.
THE steamer Mariposa, from Honolulu,
brings news from the Samoan Islands and
the Sandwich Islands that they have
formed political federation,
FIRE broke out in two freight docks be-
| longing to the New York Central Railroad
Company, at the foot OF Seventeen Street,
North Rivef, New York, recently, causing
a loss OF 100000
| NJ. ROCHEFoRT recently had violent arti-
Gle in L Intrdnsgieit against the Pope, who;
he says; sacrificed Ffanee to Germany Id
the Chinese missions 6uestiofs, and is now
hiding In the work Of Germanizing Alsace-
| Lorraine.
THE captain and crew of the German
steamer Raiata, burned at sea February 13,
have landed at San Francisco.
TwENTY-THREE business houses at Co
lumbus Junction, Ind, were destroyed by
fire recently, causing a loss of $45, 600.
PARNELL declares the letter published in
the London Times connecting him with the
Phoenix Park murders was forgery.
TIVE steamer ashore of BoHifacio, C6F-
sica, was the Tasmania, of the Peninsular
and Oriental Navigation Company. There
was not the loss of life as at first reported.
A TERRIBLE storm passed over West Vir.
ginia on the 18th, sweeping away timber,
small houses, fences, etc, in the country
districts south of Charleston. The damage
could not be estimated.
ABOUT 5000 Chicago carpenters have re.
turned to work on the basis fer which they
struck,
Two young women were burned I'd death
and three other persons were seriously in
jured by fire near Seven-Mile ford; Smith
County, Va, the other night:
URBEhs have been given to the tf60ps DIT
Fort Sully to drive the settlers off the
Winnebago and Crow Creek reservations.
1t was SAID the settlers would fight the In
dian police if not the troops. The territory
was opened by President Arthur, February
IS, 1884.
A SERIOUS head end collision between a
freight and work train of the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern road occurred on
the 18th two miles north of Diamond Bluff,
MINI. Four men wer" seriously and per-
haps fatally injured
FIVE Hundred stove molders OF Louis.
vile, KY, struck on the 18th against hand
ling obnoxious patterns. 1t was said that
the manufacturers were disposed to COM
promise. The same action was taken in
the Cincinnati fourdfies:
FKEDERfCk T. tEDERGERBER, a prominent
lawyer of st. Louis and Republican candl-
date for Congress last fall. in the Tenth
district, embracing part of st. Louis, has
been indicted by the United States grand
jury for completely in pension frauds.
The leading shoe manufacturers of New
York have formed an association and been
Incorporated under the title of the "Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers Association of
New York" The object of the organisa.
ton is for the better protection of their
business and to resist demands that may
be made upon them by their employees.
A TORPEDO exploded under the torpedo
launch Hull at Annapolis, Md, recently
and sunk her in a minute and a half En-
sign Muir was in charge, and several naval
cadets were on board, but they were all
taken off In safety by an FISHERMAN.
THE Burlington & Northern road has re-
duced its rate on grain and fotir frOffi st.
Paul TO Chicago to seven and half cents
hundred. The reason given is that at ten
cents it was shut out Of business on account
of the transit ISIS ued by the other roads
Four men who went out sailing from
New York City the other morning were
probably drowned as their empty boat was
found capsised on a reef down the bay in
the afternoon.
SCHWARTZ and Watt were convicted at
Morris, ILL.,, on the 18th. of the murder of
Messenger Nichols and robbery of the ex-
press on the Rock Island road, and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
THE San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce has memorlalized the United States
Secretary of the Navy not to have the war
ship Hartford destroyed, but repaired, and
keep her in the service, owing to her histor-
ical character.
THE Interstate Commissioners, in an
swer to inquiries, recently stated that they
could not take cognizance of any matters
until a violation of the law occurred, ex-
cepting the long and short haul, the only
question in which they were allowed dis
erection.
BosToN creditors recently closed the
Newaygo (Mich.) Furniture CUmpafy's
works on claims for $4,000, throwing 80
men out of employment. The same credit
Ors closed the Newaygo Manufacturing
Company few days before. Both compa-
MES were indebted heavily to their en-
plores.